• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I would have no problem getting anyone at r/conservative to pull up similar data points and statistics to show immigrants are taking jobs, contributing to crime statistics or any other claim. It’s very eerily similar to the emerging opinion on the left when compared to opinions on the right towards immigrants.

    Regardless of validity of opinion. What I’m noticing is the role the media has played on shaping opinion and fed it.

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      8 days ago

      I would have no problem getting anyone at r/conservative to pull up similar data points and statistics to show immigrants are taking jobs, contributing to crime statistics or any other claim.

      You’ll find conservatives rarely bother trying to do this because it’s simply statistically not true

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        8 days ago

        Absolutely not true. I find more often they use lots of statistics. That’s the whole facts over feelings thing.

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          8 days ago

          I don’t think I’ve heard anyone say that, and actually mean it, for the past 8 years…